Categories WordPress Themes

How to use your theme

Obviously picking a theme is just the first step. You need to install it on top of your WordPress site and then customize it, add your content, pick a domain name and hosting space. Feels a bit daunting? There are indeed a few things to keep in mind and you need some level of skills in this area to get everything done. Don’t have these skills, or lack some of them, or don’t have enough time to do everything yourself? No worries! There’s a number of ways to get everything done with our resources.

You can learn the skills. Check out our WordPress courses and tutorials on Envato Tuts+ and learn from the experts.

You can speed up the process. Envato Hosted allows you to get not only the theme, but also installation, setup and hosting. So you can get your business WordPress theme installed and set up on your website and save plenty of time and effort.

Or you can hire a freelancer and not have to deal with any of the above. You can head over to Envato Studio and contact one of the WordPress experts available to get the job done.

What’s the fuss all about?

If you need to build a website but don’t have the time, or the skills, to design it yourself—you’re in the right place. ThemeForest is home of a huge and varied library of WordPress themes created by a global community of creatives… But there’s more. Let’s take a closer look and see what makes these themes great:

Top quality. Not only do we have some of the best designers and developers selling their themes on ThemeForest. Our Quality team reviews every single one of them before they go on sale.

Built for all devices. You don’t need us to tell you that nowadays people will be likely to visit your website from different devices. The templates you’ll find here cater for all screen sizes—and you know how important this is.

E-commerce ready. WordPress-powered e-commerce sites are everywhere in the web these days, and for good reason! E-commerce site templates will integrate perfectly with the likes of Magento, Shopify and other platforms that make it easier for you to open your online shop.

A creative community at work. Envato Market is the home of the largest global community of creatives. Our authors are talented professionals, extremely passionate about their work.

Support when you need it. All themes come with detailed documentation on how to use them. And if you need assistance with bugs or issues, our authors will be there to help out. Plus, the Envato Help Center is always just a click away.

Get New Themes

The WordPress Theme Directory is the official site for WordPress Themes which have been checked and inspected, and are free for downloading. The site features the ability to search by type and style, and offers a demonstration of the page view elements of the Theme.

Using Themes

WordPress currently comes with three themes: the default Twenty Fifteen theme, and previous defaults Twenty Fourteen theme and Twenty Thirteen theme. You can switch between Themes using the Appearance admin panel. Themes that you add to the theme directory will appear in the Administration Screen > Appearance > Themes as additional selections.

What you’ll find in our collection

The Business WordPress themes collection is divided into several different categories:

Multipurpose business themes. These themes will work for any type of business in any industry. They offer a wide range of popular features so that you can easily pick and choose the parts that you want and customize the theme for your own needs. They mostly come with different versions for you to choose from, and are fully editable so you can adjust and adapt them to fit your business’ brand identity.

Marketing themes. If you want a theme designed to maximize marketing opportunities, these themes are for you. There are landing pages, themes designed for lead generation, templates for sites to publicize an event or conference, and a lot more.

Directories and listings. Do you want to create a directory for your industry? Perhaps you want to list the best websites in a particular category, or create a catalogue of real-life shops and businesses. These themes are designed to let you do that, with plenty of options to make the listings stand out, such as photos, videos, maps, Google Street View images and more.

Industry-specific themes. While many of our business WordPress themes will work across multiple industries, some are designed for a particular type of business. You can use tags or the search function to find themes for finance companies, architects, construction firms and many more.

Creative WordPress theme

With that in mind, here are some of the most popular types of creative WordPress themes in our collection:

Portfolio themes. Probably the most common use of a creative theme is to show off your portfolio. This can be useful for all kinds of freelancers, agencies, businesses and individuals—the themes are designed to present your work as a designer, architect and more in the best possible light. Among these, one-page templates are some of the most popular.

Photography themes. Whether photography is your profession or your hobby, you’ll want to present your images to the world in a way that makes them look great and makes it easy for visitors to navigate them. These themes are designed to do just that. The images take center stage, with plenty of options for things like galleries, sliders and full-screen views to help people browse your work.

Art themes. Artists need to show their work in a similar way to photographers, and these themes offer many of the same options. They’re designed specifically for artists, though—artists of all kinds, including tattoo experts, for example.

Experimental themes. These themes offer innovative and offbeat design features to make your website really catch people’s eye. But don’t worry: while the designs are experimental, the functionality is tried and tested, so these themes will work perfectly and reliably across a range of different devices.

WordPress e-commerce themes

WooCommerce. As we said, this is hands down the most popular choice. It’s a WordPress plugin, so it’s extremely easy to install (just a couple of clicks). And it’s just an all-round great platform, particularly known for its huge amount of features. You can really do anything you like with it! Especially if you integrate it with some of the many top-quality plugins available. Plus, it’s free and open source.

Cart66. If WooCommerce is all about the crazy amount of things you can do with it, Cart66 is mainly focused on putting products online and selling them. Its key difference from other systems like WooCommerce lies in the way it handles security. The shopping cart and checkout part of your site is hosted in Cart66 Cloud (as it is now called) servers. And this is not trivial! It means that you won’t have to worry about buying things like SSL certificates and gateway services. So while this is not a free solution, keep in mind you’d be saving on the security front.

Jigoshop. Another WordPress e-commerce plugin, Jigoshop is easy to install and has an intuitive interface that you’ll learn how to use pretty quickly. Its set of features is also broad, particularly when it comes to marketing your products. It’s a free platform, but you can switch to a paid membership to get more features—most users find it quite cost-effective.

WP eCommerce. This one was the first original e-commerce plugin for WordPress, so it’s pretty popular in terms of numbers of downloads. It’s a good solution if you’re getting started and don’t have many items to put on sale. The most popular extension for WP eCommerce is Gold Cart, which integrates with 14 different payment gateways.

The Business WordPress themes

Multipurpose business themes. These themes will work for any type of business in any industry. They offer a wide range of popular features so that you can easily pick and choose the parts that you want and customize the theme for your own needs. They mostly come with different versions for you to choose from, and are fully editable so you can adjust and adapt them to fit your business’ brand identity.

Marketing themes. If you want a theme designed to maximize marketing opportunities, these themes are for you. There are landing pages, themes designed for lead generation, templates for sites to publicize an event or conference, and a lot more.

Directories and listings. Do you want to create a directory for your industry? Perhaps you want to list the best websites in a particular category, or create a catalogue of real-life shops and businesses. These themes are designed to let you do that, with plenty of options to make the listings stand out, such as photos, videos, maps, Google Street View images and more.

Industry-specific themes. While many of our business WordPress themes will work across multiple industries, some are designed for a particular type of business. You can use tags or the search function to find themes for finance companies, architects, construction firms and many more.

WordPress real estate themes

Here are some examples of the main types of themes you can expect to find in our collection:

Single-property themes. Sometimes, particularly when it comes to high-end real estate, you need a website entirely dedicated to selling a single property. You’ll find themes that are ideal for presenting just one home or building in its best possible light. They’ll feature eye-catching photo galleries, give quick access to key information like price and number of bedrooms, and offer visitors a video tour.

Real estate listings. A more common scenario (in fact, probably the most common) is a real estate firm with multiple listings on its site. Visitors can search by various criteria like price, location, size, etc., and see the matching results. You’ll find that themes of this type include a huge range of features and are very easy to customize to adjust to the company’s brand identity and specific needs.

Corporate themes. Many of the themes are suitable for selling either family homes or corporate buildings and office space. Some are more suited to the corporate field, however, featuring clean, elegant designs and muted color palette.

Home planning and otherniche themes. You can also find some more uncommon themes, like those dedicated to displaying listings with a particular emphasis on the architectural plans for each home.

Do you work in the wedding business?

If you work as a wedding planner, or sell wedding-themed products and/or services, you’ll have definitely different needs than a soon-to-be-married couple. You’ll need to showcase the quality and details of the services or products you offer.

Are you a wedding planner? If so, you may want to display big, beautiful shots of the most enchanting events you’ve organised in the past. But you’ll also want to list all the services included, perhaps add reviews and testimonials, and obviously make sure your potential clients can easily contact you. You’ll find WordPress wedding themes in our collection equipped with all the features you need to make it happen.

Do you sell wedding-related products? In that case, you’ll need a theme that allows you to showcase all the products you have available, with details, prices, and more. And if you want to set up a wedding-themed online shop, you can!